# Texas — Will execution requirements by state: witnesses, notarization, holographic and electronic wills

For Texas, witnesses required is attested by two or more credible witnesses who are at least 14 years of age; statute citation is Tex. Est. Code § 251.051, recorded from its source on 2026-08-18.

- **State:** Texas _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Witnesses required:** attested by two or more credible witnesses who are at least 14 years of age _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute citation:** Tex. Est. Code § 251.051 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Holographic wills:** a will written wholly in the testator's handwriting is not required to be attested by subscribing witnesses _(per codes.findlaw.com, not stated by the source above)_

## What the source says

> attested by two or more credible witnesses who are at least 14 years of age and who subscribe their names to the will in their own handwriting in the testator's presence.

## Sources disagree

More than one authority states this, and they do not state the same
thing. Both are reproduced with the source each came from.

### Statute citation

codes.findlaw.com says statute citation is **Tex. Est. Code § 251.051**, as of 2026-08-18.

> attested by two or more credible witnesses who are at least 14 years of age and who subscribe their names to the will in their own handwriting in the testator's presence.

Source: https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/estates-code/est-sect-251-051/

codes.findlaw.com says statute citation is **Tex. Est. Code § 251.052**, as of 2026-08-18.

> a will written wholly in the testator's handwriting is not required to be attested by subscribing witnesses.

Source: https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/estates-code/est-sect-251-052/


## Source

- https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/estates-code/est-sect-251-051/
- https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/estates-code/est-sect-251-052/

Last verified: 2026-08-18. Review by: 2028-02-09.
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